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Electricity
Question | Answer |
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electric field | the region around a charged object in which an electric force is exerted on another charged object |
static electricity | electric charge at rest |
friction | the force created ewhen two objects are rubbed together |
resistor | a device that reduces the amount of electricity flowing through a circuit |
electric current | the amount of electric charge moving past a certain point |
electric circuit | a complete closed path with electric charges flowing through it |
conductor | a material in which charges can move freely |
electric insulator | a material in which charges cannot move freely |
electric force | the force between charged objects |
Law of electric charges | the law that states that like charges repel and opposite charges attract |
series circuit | a circuit in which tha parts are joined one after another |
Parallel circuit | a circuit in which the parts are joined in branches |